Low-carbon, environmentally friendly, fitness make bicycle "comeback" city people quietly rising thermal cycling
Author：Cixi S.Shine Bicycle IndustryAdd Time：2013-11-06
Once upon a time , known as the Family " Big Three " one of the bicycles, cars and motorcycles due to the impact of the gradually shrinking , cycling has become almost the elderly and students "patent ." Today, however, low-carbon, environmentally friendly, so the concept of fitness bicycle " comeback" , the city once again become an important part of human life , so that the bicycle industry tree, " trees " shoot out again .
Bike once fade away
Before the nineties in the last century , people travel is the major mode of transport bicycles, from cities to rural areas, where there are roads where you can see almost all cyclists ride figure, described as " a road there bicycle" , China's also due to the sheer number of bicycles , universal breadth was called " bicycle kingdom ." Listen fathers said that in the 1960s and 1970s , wanted to buy a bike is a very difficult thing, because money can not buy , had to buy tickets , and sometimes find the relationship , queuing, so time to have a bicycle is a status symbol , indescribably exalted .
However, with the economic development and social progress , cars, motorcycles and electric cars have entered the homes of ordinary people at home , bicycle transportation in our country on the stage gradually fade out, retired , cycling fewer and fewer people , and finally almost only the " stick " of the elderly and students , but also allow us to " bicycle kingdom " in the title a little misnomer.
Today the city has thermal cycling Xing
However, with the improvement of people's living standards , low-carbon , environmentally friendly, fitness concept allows cyclists to travel and is now become a new fashion .
In the city it has such a group, although they have a motor vehicle , but convenient and environmentally friendly bike is still nostalgic, and use it as a leisure and exercise tool. When night fell , or weekends , they 35 known to a few , sometimes it is a three , then starting a pedal bike , or slip a few laps in the city , or go back and forth suburban Konno , enjoy a leisurely bike ride tourism, sports fun , find their own healthy living . Among them, some of them appeared to be quite "professional" : wearing a bicycle sportswear , wearing a bicycle helmet , bent struggling to ride a show of hands every move she makes are professional athletes look.
In the urban areas of a business unit's work is such a cycling enthusiast Leung , although his home both cars , but also motorcycles, but as long as free , almost every day he would ride his beloved bike slipped on a meeting. He chose the line is generally suburban wilderness, because good pastoral scenery , fresh air . By the holidays, then slipped Gangqu Marina Park is also common. He told reporters that choose to ride a bike to travel the way , both to achieve the purpose of physical exercise , can calmly enjoy the scenery along the way on both sides , this is the other vehicles can not. Especially if you ride to the rural field , while to smell the smell of wilderness lands and crops fragrant , watching farm curl of smoke , the feeling is really indescribable , makes the mind can truly relax, this is the ride where the fun .
And promote the construction of the city's greenway , but also the rise of cycling also played a role in boosting . Mr. Chan is a three weekends the couple must bring their baby son came to Forest Park next to the greenway bike . Mr. Chen said, usually son in addition to learning , no time for exercise , and their work is more busy, less movement , so the weekends, the whole family will certainly have to take time out , came here together cycling exercise . " Sucking wild fresh air , cool breeze blowing , the more you will feel more the spirit of riding ." Chen said .
Tropical prosperous city bike rider
With the rise of cycling and leisure cycling life respected, so that businesses see opportunities for development , thus a boom in bike sales market. Reporter Xuncheng found in the urban West, Guangdong Road, San Fuk Road , Yingbin Road , Renmin Road and other sections of the past two years as bicycle sales outlets have sprung up to take out . According to City Yingbin Road a bike shop sales staff, at present only in the urban areas have more than 40 bike shops, but in the last ten years, has added four . When a reporter asked how he knew ? He smiled and said , specialize in this line , of course, to understand the market , and know ourselves to win the market Well !
In the City People's Road, a "veteran " bicycle trip , the reporter saw a dazzling array of bikes , some hanging on the wall , and some placed on the floor, both of them small models suitable for young people riding bicycles , but also suitable for women to ride lady type bike , as well as folding bicycles, mountain bike gear , etc. ...... a wide range of different prices , where casual bike price of around 200 yuan to 500 yuan, mountain bike price of around $ 700 to $ 5000 million, some even over ten thousand . Why shape similar bike price will vary so much ? Shop staff told reporters , mainly bicycles different materials and configurations . On the material , the iron is certainly cheaper than aluminum , but even if it is followed by aluminum has good points ; also the quality of tires but also ordinary and wear of the points. The configuration, cheap gear shift position generally less car , brake lines are rubber brake or brake , but the price more expensive then shift gears , brake use more oil- disc brakes , the braking effect is good , but also durable, anyway, what you pay for .
According to him, the first general election customer purchase price of the car speed less than 2,000 yuan , but as they are required to improve speed vehicles ( eg both "light feet" and also faster ) , they will then be selected from 3000 to 5000 Price for variable speed drive , because when they were together a long journey , it is not easy to fall behind .
Hope: allow the rider feel more secure
Although the concept of people with low-carbon environment , the city more and more people are willing to choose to ride bicycles , but cycling in the city only started to heat up hot stage , far from "universal " level , and in this regard people's quality of life, the way the other hand, also by the impact of urban road construction .
It is understood that , in addition to built a small city greenways , urban to provide tertiary road cycling meager , it is generally only in the motor vehicle and motor vehicle road gingerly scramble, so cyclists insecure . Last year, Maoming Evening News reporter in "urban car-free day " when he personally biking experience , and discover the city's many sections set unreasonable , non-motorized vehicles from time to time , there are some non-motorized vehicles are classified as parking space , stop full of private cars and motorcycles, causing the bicycle " nowhere to go " situation. When reporters interviewed a random street in the city 30 cyclists , eight cyclists that urban cycling environment is poor , cycling safety can not be guaranteed , often people nervous. Recently, the reporter in the city Lake Rd Oil City Electric City roads interview to see , a few cracks in the bike ride in the car crowded , both sides are rolling traffic , this scenario really makes people worried about the direction for cyclists .
Seen in this light , we should encourage people to "low carbon" travel, contribute to alleviate urban traffic , at least let a road cyclist feasible , so a bike to be able to recapture glory.